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democrats want us to work together. they want to balance the approach to everything, but especially the situation we have dealing with the huge deficit and taxes are a part of that. >> espn programming is good because they try to cover both sides of the issues and the moderators especially on the "washington journal" do a good job of staying detached and not getting into offering their opinions. they're very comprehensive about covering both the house and the senate and the other woodrow wilson and other republicans here in d.c. that i wouldn't normally be exposed to. >> chinese president, hu jintao, addressed members of this congress. he's stepping down after 10 years in office. this event, courtesy of china central television, commonly known as cctv is just over nine minutes. [speaking chinese] >> translator: now on behalf of the chinese committee, the national congress party of china. my copies of the reports have been issued to you. i will outline its main points. [speaking chinese] transcode the 18th national congr
democrats want us to work together. they want to balance the approach to everything, but especially the situation we have dealing with the huge deficit and taxes are a part of that. >> espn programming is good because they try to cover both sides of the issues and the moderators especially on the "washington journal" do a good job of staying detached and not getting into offering their opinions. they're very comprehensive about covering both the house and the senate and the...
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to love us. that's a long term project, and generally, a futile project. it's much more important to do as president obama said right in the beginning from the inaugural speech that we need to focus on mutual interest and mutual respect, and there are many things that we can get done in that fashion. i think that discretionary -- diplomacy 230e cueses on specific, strategic goals, and if it failed in any way in the last several decades, it's been that it's not focused on those goals. >> i'm in agreement with jim on this issue. it's note a population contest, but it's absolutely the wrong -- the results are not great results if that's the measurement. one of the things that we tried to do, again, building on the base that jim and his team put in place was to be sure that everything we were doing in public diplomacy actually was designed to support the achievement of the goals, objecteddives, and be clear and precise in doing that. there are many areas where we do -- have not just given up the ship
to love us. that's a long term project, and generally, a futile project. it's much more important to do as president obama said right in the beginning from the inaugural speech that we need to focus on mutual interest and mutual respect, and there are many things that we can get done in that fashion. i think that discretionary -- diplomacy 230e cueses on specific, strategic goals, and if it failed in any way in the last several decades, it's been that it's not focused on those goals. >>...
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the pakistanis also as a narrative which is the americans use us and discard us. they use is against the russians in the 1980s and tossed us out ostensibly because of nuclear proliferation in 1990. they used us in the war after 9/11 and that after 2014 they will go way. the pakistanis thinks americans are hardwired to desert them. this set of stereotypes is intellectually lazy and very pernicious. one way to get out of this would need what husain haqqani my counterpart, suggested or with others who shall rename nameless facet in the press is time for containment and to push this away. those two are think are not reasonable alternatives. remaining engaged with pakistan, there is no alternative to it but i would argue that having a focus strictly on the bilateral relationship is something that has been a problem for us. what we need to do is break out of this bilateralism, this sterile debate and look at the issues that have to do with pakistan's relationship to india the issues that have to do with the sequence of events that will take place after 2014 when the ame
the pakistanis also as a narrative which is the americans use us and discard us. they use is against the russians in the 1980s and tossed us out ostensibly because of nuclear proliferation in 1990. they used us in the war after 9/11 and that after 2014 they will go way. the pakistanis thinks americans are hardwired to desert them. this set of stereotypes is intellectually lazy and very pernicious. one way to get out of this would need what husain haqqani my counterpart, suggested or with others...
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box them in, use the power of the presidency. the question is has he built a new set of skills and tools that he'll use, and i think we're going to see in the next couple months. it's a big time for him. david, both in your book and in a recent op-ed piece, you asked the question what really drives them? what is the -- is that right -- give us a -- i mean, that seems to be the theme of the book. what is driving this guy, and it's a bit of an open question. what do you think you are seeing now as the driving motivations? >> well, i wrote about this last week in terms of the second term, and i think the drive now is greatness. i think he has the opportunity for that. that doesn't mean he'll reach it, but, you know, even as the second term often creates unexpected problems and a lame duck atmosphere that can devolve, couldn't have had the chance of greatness without the second term, and i think that as you watched him in the first term, as ron and john captured, he was in a learning process. there's many times in that period where h
box them in, use the power of the presidency. the question is has he built a new set of skills and tools that he'll use, and i think we're going to see in the next couple months. it's a big time for him. david, both in your book and in a recent op-ed piece, you asked the question what really drives them? what is the -- is that right -- give us a -- i mean, that seems to be the theme of the book. what is driving this guy, and it's a bit of an open question. what do you think you are seeing now...
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use the mic. stand up and identify yourself. >> david asked the question whether the president understood economic. i'm asking whether he understands the difference between income or wealth. in the district of columbia there's 80 plus cops who make over $1 10,000 a year, and a good teacher in a bad part of the city teaching something people need can make $145 ,000. rob corp. tell, by the way, they make more than $250,000. do you think they're wealthy? >> i'm not empire -- entirely sure your salary numbers numbers are right. if you looks at what happened to the u.s. over the last thirty years, we had a pulling apart of the income distribution. and the group that particularly well is the top 2%. they quite well when the taxes rose under the clinton years and the situation improved. so the president's economic strategy has been to pursue a balanced approach where we address the fiscal problem that have been building over a long period of time. the economic problem that have been building over a long
use the mic. stand up and identify yourself. >> david asked the question whether the president understood economic. i'm asking whether he understands the difference between income or wealth. in the district of columbia there's 80 plus cops who make over $1 10,000 a year, and a good teacher in a bad part of the city teaching something people need can make $145 ,000. rob corp. tell, by the way, they make more than $250,000. do you think they're wealthy? >> i'm not empire -- entirely...
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only us. it's universalism. there is no them. only us. i am because we are. there is no then only us. a largeness of spirit of who is your neighborhood. i'm not a -- my mother was a protestant and my father a catholic. he was of another order. [laughter] here's one i know. here's what i know and -- a soldier, all right and lying on a bed recovering from the wounds a con verdicts of the heart. he saw god's work. on a call to do god's work. not just in the church, everywhere. the art, the university, the new world. and once he knew about that, he couldn't unknow it. it changed him. it forced him out of bode and in to the world. and that's what i'm hoping happens here in georgetown here because when you truly accept that those children and some far off place with the same value of you. in god's ice or even just in your eyes then your life is forever changed. you see something that you can't unsee. we have a sense of it from the words of [inaudible] i have his words tattooed on my brain. a man who stooded in the square at the start of the 21st century. we're goin
only us. it's universalism. there is no them. only us. i am because we are. there is no then only us. a largeness of spirit of who is your neighborhood. i'm not a -- my mother was a protestant and my father a catholic. he was of another order. [laughter] here's one i know. here's what i know and -- a soldier, all right and lying on a bed recovering from the wounds a con verdicts of the heart. he saw god's work. on a call to do god's work. not just in the church, everywhere. the art, the...
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but they use boats to attack us. they use private planes to kill us. at the end of the day, we're in a war, the outcome does matter, and i want to win this war. i know everybody in this body wants to win this war. i want to live within our values. i'll work with you and senator mccain to say, even though we're fighting the worst people on the planet, count me out when it comes to waterboarding. people on my side, i remember and i understand them very well, why do you care about what we do to these people? they'll cut our heads off because we're americans. it's not necessary to win the war to go down that road. and, quite frankly, ladies and gentlemen, the opposite is true. you can't win this war if you don't realize you're in a war. we're not fighting common crime. we're fighting a vicious enemy. we can do it within our values. we can do it in due process, consistent with the law of war. and when we get in that criminal arena, consistent with criminal law. and as much as i disagree with this president, i will not deny him the ability that every command
but they use boats to attack us. they use private planes to kill us. at the end of the day, we're in a war, the outcome does matter, and i want to win this war. i know everybody in this body wants to win this war. i want to live within our values. i'll work with you and senator mccain to say, even though we're fighting the worst people on the planet, count me out when it comes to waterboarding. people on my side, i remember and i understand them very well, why do you care about what we do to...
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thank you all for joining us today. [applause] admiral johnathan grew up in pittsburgh suburb of butler pennsylvania. the son of a steel workers he was the third of six children. he was the all-american kid growing up. he worked not one paper route, but two. he was on the swim team, student counsel, a member of the national honor society, and the archery club. and to top it all off, he and his buddes were members of the major key club. a group that offered them to earn a few bucks either by selling hot dogs or waiting on folks at rotary club dinners. accepted a the university of pennsylvania, the military academy of west point and the united states naval academy. he made the smart choice and choose the navel academy. there he studied nuclear power to serve as sub mean officer. flip over the book from 1975 and you'll find a few tid bib -- tidbits. it distribution him as rebelling usely -- color weekend, it concludes with his personality, good looks, and quick wit. he's bound to be a success. coming from a navy family, i
thank you all for joining us today. [applause] admiral johnathan grew up in pittsburgh suburb of butler pennsylvania. the son of a steel workers he was the third of six children. he was the all-american kid growing up. he worked not one paper route, but two. he was on the swim team, student counsel, a member of the national honor society, and the archery club. and to top it all off, he and his buddes were members of the major key club. a group that offered them to earn a few bucks either by...
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you know, he told us he's not mitt romney, but he did not give us what is going to get the budget in the coming years. so i don't know. >> welcome is no blueprint for what he tried to do with sean boehner? isn't there a blueprint and the policies of the series he has to consolidate them? i just don't buy the notion that we have no idea what is going to do. i think we have a pretty good idea. >> he didn't tell us. >> welcome would you like to say? >> i beckoned to tell us what he plans to do with the budget and how to do it the fiscal cliff. >> well, i think that we are in that. and we'll see how he does that. i don't think mitt romney told us that he would do with that either. >> i think you're right on that. we can agree on that. >> a model to me as health care reform, where barack obama never told us exactly what he wanted. he didn't put a proposal on the table and i think that's what were going to see. as the president put at an immigration proposal? does embracing symbols in some variant of that? or does he try to bring everybody into the white house bipartisan leadership and com
you know, he told us he's not mitt romney, but he did not give us what is going to get the budget in the coming years. so i don't know. >> welcome is no blueprint for what he tried to do with sean boehner? isn't there a blueprint and the policies of the series he has to consolidate them? i just don't buy the notion that we have no idea what is going to do. i think we have a pretty good idea. >> he didn't tell us. >> welcome would you like to say? >> i beckoned to tell us...
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so, work with us. patience, i know it's so hard when you're out of your home and out of your environment. you have no power, you may have no phones. we all understand and sympathize. we want to make sure that you can return and return safely and that we are working swiftly to rebuild communities. now, you are going to ask me what does that have to do with cybersecurity? a couple of things. we know that cyber extends into every aspect of everyday life. but just think of this. as mentioned, the nation is under attack constantly on cyber. it is an area that i've seen grow in sophistication and in almost four years i've been secretary. the secretary panetta at the dod sounded the alarm, and i do as well. one of the possible areas of attack of course is a tax on the nation's control systems. the control systems that operate our utilities, water plants, pipelines, financial institutions. and if you think that a control system attack that takes down a utility even for a few hours is not serious, just look at
so, work with us. patience, i know it's so hard when you're out of your home and out of your environment. you have no power, you may have no phones. we all understand and sympathize. we want to make sure that you can return and return safely and that we are working swiftly to rebuild communities. now, you are going to ask me what does that have to do with cybersecurity? a couple of things. we know that cyber extends into every aspect of everyday life. but just think of this. as mentioned, the...
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should it cause us to doubt that? >> well, you know, we have the very strong republican constituent sei here. if i were elected, i would caucus with the republicans. but we're a small state. there's 100 senators and 535 representatives. we're not going to be able to dictate turns in washington. we have to work and cooperate with the people that are there. and what we have with the money being stripped we have a federal government who is overspending. they are overcommitted, they are running out of money, and going to do whatever they can to get money whenever they can. the problem goes back to the problem the government is overspending. we need to cut the programs that rein solvent. rather than focusing -- with the abandon -- we were used as a poster child to strip the money out of there. when you're doing government and not spending the money the way it's supposed to be spent. you lose the confidence in the people. >> it was in a trust fund and stripped away in a dead of night. in a heavy handed way by democrat-contr
should it cause us to doubt that? >> well, you know, we have the very strong republican constituent sei here. if i were elected, i would caucus with the republicans. but we're a small state. there's 100 senators and 535 representatives. we're not going to be able to dictate turns in washington. we have to work and cooperate with the people that are there. and what we have with the money being stripped we have a federal government who is overspending. they are overcommitted, they are...
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it's leaving us. so the first thing i would say is i think it's important for us to realize, in the arguments murray's disappoint this is a cultural phenomena. others could make the case it it's an economic phenomena. i don't think it's important what the cause is, the first step is recognize we have a huge problem in our country these caps on income and the fact is that more and more people that are born in the poverty will stay in to poverty and the middle class is being disrupted in ways that are dramatic. it's a huge problem. and we'll let others have the debate about why it is and maybe a combination of many things. i think we is share the belief that there is one path that we know for certain that can change this course. than is to assure that we move to a child-centered education system where with have no excuses for the fact that we have big education gaps that will yield income gaps and lives that are constrained because people don't have the power of knowledge. in fact in america today one o
it's leaving us. so the first thing i would say is i think it's important for us to realize, in the arguments murray's disappoint this is a cultural phenomena. others could make the case it it's an economic phenomena. i don't think it's important what the cause is, the first step is recognize we have a huge problem in our country these caps on income and the fact is that more and more people that are born in the poverty will stay in to poverty and the middle class is being disrupted in ways...
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this is the same exact ad, just happens to use computer graphics or it uses the techniques of the time. >> as our troops defend america and the war on terror, they must have what it takes to win. john kerry has repeatedly opposed weapons vital to winning the war on terror. apache helicopters, f-16 fighter jets and hercules. components that are all built in florida. he even voted against body armor for troops our troops on the frontline of the war on terror. john kerry's record on national security is troubling. >> it is the same exact ad. the ads are more targeted these days. this is the florida version of that advertisement. all of the focus these days on swing states and targeting the swing states. it is the same identical message. this is something i'm not very proud of the, but what i found out recently was we did an event in 2008. mark mckinnon was one of the guest speakers and he created ads for the bush campaign in 2004. he said that he was actually a fan of this website and he knew about this website and he would look at it to try to get ideas and go back to a past campaign. so
this is the same exact ad, just happens to use computer graphics or it uses the techniques of the time. >> as our troops defend america and the war on terror, they must have what it takes to win. john kerry has repeatedly opposed weapons vital to winning the war on terror. apache helicopters, f-16 fighter jets and hercules. components that are all built in florida. he even voted against body armor for troops our troops on the frontline of the war on terror. john kerry's record on national...
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tell us what happened. tell us what happened to your district or what kind of shape kind of shape is that it? >> it is the non-subtly devastating to new york in to my district in the region as a whole. wind and flooding caused the largest storm related outage. there's well over 200,000 people without power in lower manhattan they restored power to 2000 throughout new york, roughly 100,000 people in brooklyn and queens have no power, but they are working hard. we have the worst conditions ever in the 108th year public system. the tunnels under water, response has been extra area from the president and all of the secretaries. they are sending down over 200 pounds, generators to help remove the water, salt water from the subway system so they can ascertain the damage and start to brochure services. they are partial, small service, but the tunnels connecting manhattan and queens are still flooded. u.s. -- we've reported over 24 people dead. that is not an estimated 61 nationwide, two of the largest hospitals, b
tell us what happened. tell us what happened to your district or what kind of shape kind of shape is that it? >> it is the non-subtly devastating to new york in to my district in the region as a whole. wind and flooding caused the largest storm related outage. there's well over 200,000 people without power in lower manhattan they restored power to 2000 throughout new york, roughly 100,000 people in brooklyn and queens have no power, but they are working hard. we have the worst conditions...
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those who wrote were entrusting stories to us, and more importantly, they were looking to us to help tackle what is an assiduous, hidden, and difficult issue. they believe in our difficulties, even as they wrestle with what happened. their issue is our issue, and we resolve to move forward to renew what is right about penn state to take on the nationwide problem of child abuse, and we resolve to do it by doing what we do best -- that is teaching, research, and service. beyond that, we have something even more powerful -- our student body. within the first days of the crisis, it became clear the students with respect going to wait for us to lead them. they were moving forward with unity and a constructive energy that's been inspiring to all of us. here are just two quick examples. by the end of the first week, student leaders organized a candle light vigil on the old main lawn to show support for the victims of child sexual abuse. thousands of penn state students and community members joined together in the stillness of a cold, dark night to remind others that at the core of the issue
those who wrote were entrusting stories to us, and more importantly, they were looking to us to help tackle what is an assiduous, hidden, and difficult issue. they believe in our difficulties, even as they wrestle with what happened. their issue is our issue, and we resolve to move forward to renew what is right about penn state to take on the nationwide problem of child abuse, and we resolve to do it by doing what we do best -- that is teaching, research, and service. beyond that, we have...